Stephen Lawrence murder suspect Neil Acourt enjoys his first days of freedom – just two miles from where the teenager was knifed to death in a racist attack 26 years ago.

Wearing a cap on his shaven head the 43-year-old – a builder before becoming a drug dealer – was picked up from home by a pal in a white van.

The pair loaded up tools before heading off.

Acourt – one of five thugs accused of stabbing Stephen, 18, in April 1993 – was let out of jail on licence last week after serving two years of a six-year sentence for his role in a £4million cannabis plot.

“You’d never guess he’d just got out of prison,” one onlooker said.

Neil Acourt was picked up from his home by another man in a white van (Image: Mirrorpix.com)